HEADNOTE Sugary drinks are a real problem, but alternatives are hard to make. Aft those anti-soda PSAs and softdrink bans have given an opening to smaller, specialty sodas such as Jones's and Boylans,...
DUBLIN -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/c0c161/packaging_industry) has announced the addition of the "Packaging Industry Outlook in South Korea: Market Size, Key Trends, Drivers, and Challenges to 2016" report to their offering. The South...
Under an agreement signed on Feb. 11, 2008, Echem and the Italian industrial conglomerate Tecnimont have set up a JV in Egypt to offer project management (PMC) and engineering services. Shareholders in this...
Leading specialty plastic packaging manufacturer to be growth platform NEW YORK & TORONTO -- CI Capital Partners, a North American private investment firm, announced today that it has acquired the operations of The...
VOORHEES, N.J. -- With as many as 36 states facing water shortages by 2013, it has never been more vital for Americans to understand the true value of a resource so many take...
DUBLIN -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/b040e8/plastic_packaging) has announced the addition of the "Plastic Packaging - Western Europe" report to their offering. This package contains plastic packaging market analyses from 14 Western European countries....
By Caroline Murray LONDON (ICIS)--European polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is likely to lengthen in 2012, partly because of new production capacities coming on-stream, but this could be tempered by a tight upstream paraxylene (PX)...
The busts in the biofuels and solar sectors are looking like silver linings for bio-based chemicals and materials as investors increasingly turn their attention to a potentially more lucrative space. Financings, grants, initial...
The U.S. military has tried countless ways to fight the use of improvised explosive devices in Iraq and Afghanistan. Here's another one: Inkjet printers. Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed...
Rock County Still Reeling from Loss of Manufacturing Jobs The number of Rock County businesses, the number of employees and their aver age pay is at an all-time low in the 2000s. Once...
"Every custom molder thinks he needs a proprietary product" says John Currier, president and co-owner of the injection molding firm his father founded. Currier Plastics in upstate Auburn, N.Y. The logic behind the...
Do you have a sustainability officer yet? You might need one. It's probably even more likely that your customers will have one, and you will have to pay attention to them if you...
An upgraded version of the LeakMonitor has been introduced by Plastic Technologies, Inc.(PTI), Holland, Ohio. The device uses an ultrasonic sensor to continuously monitor reheat stretch-blow molding machines to detect costly compressed-air leaks...
2011 was a difficult year for recycled plastics, mostly because of the unpredictability of the Chinese market, which soaks up a lot of U.S. material, mainly on the West Coast. "We are so...
One of the more unusual aspects of the sustainability drive in the plastics industry (see article, p. 34) is the way giant beverage companies are taking an active role in spurring development of...
Milan, Italy-- Egg-shaped fermentors, made in both oak and plastic, were among the top draws at this year's SIMEI wine convention in Milan. France's Foudrerie Francois' elegant oak egg wowed those at the...
Alot of wine in California and across the United States is made through alternating proprietor (AP) arrangements--"tenant" wineries renting space and equipment from larger operations. Especially with the proliferation of custom-crush facilities in...
New Mini Conveyor additions provide a wide range of options and accessories for designers seeking compact, rugged and reliable short-range conveyance equipment. SCHAUMBURG, Ill. -- MISUMI USA, Inc., a subsidiary of MISUMI Corporation,...